Track-support for overhead trolleys.



No. 885,001. PATENTED APR. 14, 1908.

E. CAMERON. TRACK SUPPORT FOR OVERHEAD TROLLEYS.

APPLICATION FILED APR.25,1907.

Witn esses UNITED sri ns PATENT ()FFICE.

EWAN CAMERON, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, AssIeNoR To ALAN J. ca MERON, 01; BRooKLYN,

NEW YORK.

TRACK-SUPPQRT FOR OVERHEAD 'IROLLEYS.

Sp ecification of Letters Patent.

Patented April 14, m

Application filedApril 25, 1907. Serial No. 370,152.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EWAN CAMERON, a citizen of'the United States, and a resident of the borough of Brooklyn, county of Kings, and State of New York, have invented a Track-Support for Overhead Trolleys, of which the following is a specification.

The object I have in view is the production of a support for tracks for overhead trolleys and analogous purposes, which can be attached to the track without drilling the latter, and which may be adjusted to suit dilferent angles of track and supporting beams.

Further objects lie in producing a track support which is cheap to manufacture, dura ble and very easily adjusted inplace.

Other objects will more fully appear in the following specification and accompanying drawings taken together or se 'arately;

I attain these objects by the mechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is an end view of one form of track I and a track support showing the track and supporting beam in section. Fig. 2 is a side view of the same. Fig. 3 is a view of the same as in Fig. 1, but with the track at right .ingles. F ig, 4 is'a ,view of a modification; and. Fig. 5 is a view of a second'modification.

In all of the views like parts are designated by the same reference characters.

In carrying out my invention I attach the track 1 to the I beam 2 (Figs. 1', 2 and 3) a stringer 3 (Fig. 4) or other support 4 (Fig. 5) through the agency of the bracket 5. This bracket is preferably made of material, which is of flattened cross section, as shown,

and of such a character that it may be readily curved to shape. The ends are curved over to form fingers 66, which grasp the lower face of the upper flange of the I beam forming the track. suitable fastening 7 which may be in the nature of a bolt passes through open ings in the bracket adjacent to the fingers.v

Preferably this fastening also rests against the upper face of theI beam. This fastening serves as a means of causing the fingers to closely engage with the I beam, and by its engagement with the upper surface of the upper flange of the I beam serves as a means provided with fingers adapted to of holdin the bracket firmly against the beam. T e upper side of the bracket is'pro vide'd with a support, which may be a bolt 8. This bolt forms a pivotal support for the bracket. beam 4 (Fig. 5); the bolt in this case engag ing directly with'the beam, or it may be se cured to a hanger 9 or 10 (Figs. 1 and 4). The hanger 9 is rovided with fingers 11, which engage wit A fastening 12 which may be a bolt secures the two ends of the hanger to the I beam and holds it in place. In the modification shown in Fig. 4 the hanger 10 is secured to the stringer 3 by fastenings 13, which may be bolts.

By the construction described and illus-- It maybe attached directly to a the upper'face of the lower flange of the I beam 2.

the direction of the track or the relative directions of the track and the supporting I beam, stringer or other support. By the construction disclosed the track has no openings made in it therefore it may be adjusted within the supports without the use of special tools. a

The. hanger serves as a satisfactory suport for a track when used in connection with the structure disclosed in my copending application for patent filed April 25, 1907, Serial No. 370,152.

Having now described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

1. A support for an overhead track having a bracket with means for direct engagement with the track, the said bracket being pivotally connected to its support through a vertical pivot.- v

2. A support for an overhead track which comprises a bracket having fingers adapted to engage with the lower faces of the upper flange of the track and a bolt engaging with the upper face of the upper flange, the said bracket beingpivouwd .to hanger, which is with a supporting I beam.

3. A supportfor an, overhead. track which comprises a bracket having lingers adapted to vizgage with the lower faces of the upper engage flange of the track and a bolt engaging with l fingers adapted to engage witha supporting the upper face of the upper flange, for hold- I beam. I l0 ing the fingers in engagement with the track. I This specification signed and witnessed 4. A support for an overhead track which this 22nd day of April, 1907. 5 comprises a bracket having'fingers adapted EWAN CAMERON.

to engage with the lower face of the upper Witnesses: v flange of the track, the saidbracket being JOHN ROBERT TAYLOR,

pivoted to a hanger, which is provided with I LEONARD H. DYER. 

